From: Fiengo, Paul (Contractor) (FiengoP@ritchie.disa.mil)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 14:01:19 EST
Gurus,
Thank you to all who responded. My situation has been resolved and I am
greatly appreciative. This list is such an incredible resource of talent.
Below is my original post. I received a couple of different solutions to
this problem. The most popular was the following:
Before trying to boot from cdrom, try adding the following line to root's
.exrc file...
set dir=/tmp
you will have to use a command like:
# echo "set dir=/tmp" >>.exrc
This should change the directory from /var/tmp to /tmp
I did not use this approach. I used the following:
1. Put in Solaris disk 1 of 2.
2. Go to OK prompt.
3. run OK> boot cdrom -s
Once in single user mode run the following:
4. fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 (only run this if the bottom steps don't
work at first)
5. TERM=sun; export TERM
6. mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
7. edit /a/etc/vfstab and correct your errors.
>
This worked for me and I was able to make the necessary changes and get my
system to boot. Again... thank you all for your assistance. I don't even
want to think about what I'd be doing if everyone didn't save my arse!!!
Paul Fiengo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fiengo, Paul (Contractor)
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:10 PM
> To: 'sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org'
> Subject: Disk Suite / vfstab
>
> Gurus,
>
> In my haste of setting up a Disk Suite (4.2.1) mirror of my root disk, I
> failed to properly modify my /etc/vfstab. I performed "metaroot" and am
> able to boot to single-user mode. However, the system is unable to find
> the remaining slices due to the following entries:
>
> /dev/md/dsk/c3t0d0s3
> /dev/md/dsk/c3t0d0s1
> /dev/md/dsk/c3t0d0s4
>
> etc...
>
> As you can see I failed to rename the path with the mirror number.
> Example:
>
> /dev/md/dsk/d30
> /dev/md/dsk/d10
> /dev/md/dsk/d40
>
> Now PLEASE tell me there is a way to boot from cdrom to correct this
> failure. I cannot vi /etc/vfstab because /var is one of the partitions
> that it cannot locate and I need /var/tmp to open a temp copy of the
> vfstab when I make my edits. I do not know how to boot from cdrom and
> would need to know the steps to correct my obvious ignorance. I am
> running Solaris 8 02/02 on a SunFire 280R. I have the latest patches
> installed. I will summarize !!!
>
> Paul Fiengo
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